COMM 3200 - Contemporary Cinema

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.

A survey of major trends in world cinema, primarily during the last 15-20 years, including the best and/or most influential works, artists, movements, technologies, cultures and industry trends. Any connections between these developments will be considered in social and historical, as well as aesthetic, contexts through a process that engages the relevant modes of inquiry and discursive formations practiced in film theory, history and criticism. Includes screening and analysis of representative films. Evaluation to be based principally upon critical/analytical essays and/or a research paper. L, ART

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 , ENGL 1200 & COMM 2405 & COMM 2415